Grande Cuvee 163eme Edition
⏳ Drinking Window
2020 - 2035
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Aged Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese, roasted turbot with butter sauce, or roast chicken with wild mushrooms.
✨ Technical Specifications
The Krug Grande Cuvée 163ème Édition is a testament to the visionary dream of Joseph Krug, who in 1843 set out to craft the most generous expression of Champagne every single year, independent of climatic variations. This specific edition was built around the harvest of 2007, a remarkably unusual year that began with an exceptionally warm spring followed by a cool, rainy summer. To achieve the signature Krug complexity, the Chef de Caves blended 183 individual wines from 12 different vintages, spanning from 1990 to 2007. Every plot's wine was individually fermented in small oak casks, a traditional technique that imparts unparalleled structure and micro-oxygenation. After blending, the bottles rested in the historic chalk cellars of Reims for over seven years, allowing the wine to develop its legendary depth, fine bead, and multifaceted aromatic profile of toasted brioche, citrus confit, and hazelnut.
🍾 About the Producer
Founded in 1843 by Joseph Krug in Reims, the House of Krug is one of the most revered and uncompromising prestige Champagne producers in the world. Driven by its founder's pioneering philosophy to craft the absolute fullest expression of Champagne each year regardless of climatic variations, the house treats each vineyard plot as an individual element in its masterful blending process. Krug vinifies its base wines in traditional small oak barrels and relies on an extensive library of reserve wines spanning more than a dozen distinct vintages. The resulting portfolio is legendary for its richness, complexity, and extraordinary aging potential, highlighted by the flagship Krug Grande Cuvée, prestigious vintage bottlings, and rare single-vineyard masterpieces such as Clos du Mesnil and Clos d'Ambonnay.
🍇 Grape Varieties
Pinot Noir 37%, Chardonnay 32%, Meunier 31%
🍷 Alcohol By Volume (ABV)
12.5%